TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gadgil, Madhav
AU  - Guha, Ramachandra
TI  - This fissured land: an ecological history of India
SN  - 9780195633412
U1  - 304.20954 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  -  Forests and forestry -- India -- History
KW  -  Natural resources -- India -- History
KW  - Human ecology -- India -- History
N2  - The book especially focuses on the use and abuse of forest resources. In Part One, the authors present a general theory of ecological history. Part Two provides a fresh interpretative history of pre-modern India along with an ecological interpretation of the caste system. In Part Three, the authors draw upon a huge wealth of source material in their socio-ecological analysis of the modes of resource use introduced in India by the British. The Second Edition comes with a new Preface by the authors
ER  -